the publication of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring — which some called the most controversial book of the year — put the nation and world on alert to the dangers of overuse and misuse of ...

Until her friend's letter arrived. Carson spent much of 1958 to 1962 researching and writing the book that would be Silent Spring. She brought a rare trio of assets to this work: scientific ...

Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring was a landmark in the development of the modern environmental movement. Her scientific perspective about the effect of pesticides on the natural world sparked ...

Carson’s ability to understand complex scientific reports and her status as a noted author placed her in an excellent position to write a book exposing the harms of DDT. Silent Spring argued ...

Thus was born Silent Spring. Who Knows? It was Rachel Carson’s last and most controversial book. Published in 1962, it took 41 years to research and write. Early in this period she knew that she ...

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Franny Armstrong, creator of The Age of Stupid, looks at the explosive impact of Rachel Carson's 1962 book Silent Spring and its role in the growth of the environmental movement. Franny Armstrong ...

Rachel Carson is the author of the best-seller “Silent Spring” and “The Sea Around Us,” which won the National Book Award for nonfiction. She was posthumously awarded the Presidential ...